Long Day 1/30

My day started really early with grooming at 7 am. I had Jericho for Liberty!!!!! I was super excited but we were in the white. We had just started warm ups when White Steppes gave us the VOLUNTEER!!!!!! I HAD JERICHO IN THE VOLUNTEER!!! It was soooooo much fun but Jericho had a lot of kick in him but it was fun :) Then diagramming went well. I got a 91% on Quiz 3 so I was pretty disappointed in myself. I flipped two wings in the star. We walked through and rode P5 in GPA 1 and 2-1. Then we went over our homework assignment on cost to own a horse as well as got a lecture from the director on the horses legs and the importance of leads. It was extremely interesting and I really enjoyed it. Then batons we just practiced a little and celebrated our instructors birthday. I went to sign out my horse, it was so weird having the horses back at the outdoor arenas again. I had Chey! I was actually super excited. She's such an amazing little horse. It was a super fun ride, I got to lead a bunch in 1st four so that was fun! Our second drill got really missed up with points in but overall not to bad. I think we will start riding with Flags shortly. For ropes I practiced my normal tricks and then learned a few combinations of old tricks. After ropes I had Vaulting. My partner and I tried another horse out but he started limping shortly after so I hopped on with another rider who's partner was gone. It was my first time ever riding with someone else. It was weird but a nice challenge. For JI I had Hunter and man was he fired up today. Getting on took at least 5 min. Then Sonny bucked a rider off and they asked a JI to ride him. I volunteered so we gave the girl Daktari and that JI took Hunter. I hopped on Sonny and the instructors told me to get some work out of him. So I loped him around and he only offered a buck when he felt cornered. Which was difficult because we were helping the Tenderfeet lope so we boxed them in. Then we unsaddled and I helped the girl with Daktari. I helped unsaddle a few extra liberty horses and watched WL4 and unsaddled Dakota for them at the end because the rider left. I was super tired by the end of the day. 12 hours takes it out of you lol. Sadly I do believe my time with Stretch has come to an end. I'm really gonna miss the big toddler and he taught me a lot. I wouldn't have wanted to spend the last 3 months with any other horse. Hopefully I'll have a new assigned horse soon.